City of Baltimore - File #: 05-0005R

• File #: 05-0005R
• Version: 0
• Name: Termination of Employees Assigned to Light Duty - Adding Insult to Injury
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 1/24/2005
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 5/1/2006
• Title: Termination of Employees Assigned to Light Duty - Adding Insult to Injury FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Human Resources to advise the City Council on current City policy for placing workers who have been injured on the job in "light duty" assignment until their recovery, or for the remainder of the service requirements needed to qualify for full retirement benefits; inviting the Labor Commissioner to share with this Body specific clauses, if any, in union contracts that provide for these contingencies; asking the Director of the Department of Public Works, the Director of the Department of Transportation and the Baltimore City Health Commissioner to address reports that workers assigned to alternative duties in those departments have been terminated prematurely, resulting in their disqualification for retirement benefits; and exploring the need for the formation of an umbrella organization assigned to determining areas of need and providing for the placement of emplo...
• Sponsors: President Young, President Dixon, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Kenneth Harris, Helen L. Holton, James B. Kraft, Agnes Welch, Keiffer Mitchell, Mary Pat Clarke, Paula Johnson Branch, Edward Reisinger, Belinda Conaway
• Indexes: Educ., Housing, Health, & Human Serv., Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/1/2006	0	City Council	Adopted
5/1/2006	0	Education, Housing, Health and Human Services	Recommended Favorably
2/14/2005	0	Education, Housing, Health and Human Services	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/27/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/27/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/27/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/27/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/27/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/24/2005	0	City Council	Introduced
1/24/2005	0	The City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Young


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
Title
Termination of Employees Assigned to Light Duty - Adding Insult to Injury

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Human Resources to advise the City Council on current City policy for placing workers who have been injured on the job in "light duty" assignment until their recovery, or for the remainder of the service requirements needed to qualify for full retirement benefits; inviting the Labor Commissioner to share with this Body specific clauses, if any, in union contracts that provide for these contingencies; asking the Director of the Department of Public Works, the Director of the Department of Transportation and the Baltimore City Health Commissioner to address reports that workers assigned to alternative duties in those departments have been terminated prematurely, resulting in their disqualification for retirement benefits; and exploring the need for the formation of an umbrella organization assigned to determining areas of need and providing for the placement of employees in agencies that express a need for supplemental services.
Body
Recitals

Current and former employees of various departments in City government have launched complaints concerning their treatment at the hands of employers following incidents of line-of-duty injury or illness or disability that result in a permanent or temporary change in ability to perform to job specificatio...